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Between the Bookends
By Ann Krutsinger, Library Assistant
Banks Public Library
Help us celebrate “Pooh
Day’ on Saturday, Novem­
ber 16, from 3:30 p.m.to
5:30 p.m. There will be
games, crafts, snacks and
a draw ing. It w ill be
“pooh”fectly fun! Come in
soon to pick up a coloring
contest entry form; all en­
tries will be due by November 13th. Sign-ups for
Pooh day are welcome.
If you like tales of the Old West, you have
probably already heard of Larry McMurtry. Mc-
Murtry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for
Lonesome Dove, has written a new book - Sin
Killer. Set in the 1830s, Sin Killer is the first of a
four-volume series chronicling the travels of Lord
and Lady Berrybender and their three children.
The Berrybenders are English aristocrats who
incongruously journey to the American west for
an unforgettable and wildly dangerous experi­
ence exploring up the Missouri River. Accompa­
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nying them and along the way they meet Indi­
ans, fur trappers, mountain men, explorers and
pioneers. Tasmin, their independent young
daughter, develops a romantic relationship with
Jim Snow, a frontiersman, Indian fighter and
sometime preacher who is called “Sin Killer” by
everyone up and down the Missouri River. This
is a spellbinding, classic adventure story with
richly drawn characters, as only Larry McMurtry
knows how to write.
Recycle Saturday, sponsored by the Friends
of the Banks Library, is held from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month
at the SWATCO yard on Sellers Road.
Banks Public Library: 111 Market Street.
Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs,, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.;
Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:15
a.m., when school is in session.
Phone: (5 0 3 )3 2 4 -1 3 8 2
Internet: www.WILInet.wccls.lib.or.us.
to browse library resources or to
reserve materials electronically.
Bake sale will raise
money for fireworks
To the Editor:
Vernonia Pride will hold a
bake sale on Saturday, Novem­
ber 23, at Sentry market from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. to help
pay the $400 deficit for the fire­
works display held this past
July 4th. If you cannot pur­
chase an item, how about do­
nating an item for the bake
sale?
Please come on down and
buy some goodies for your
Thanksgiving celebration or
just because you want som e­
thing delicious to eat. As al­
ways, we look forward to see­
ing your smiling faces.
Call 429-5201 for more infor­
mation on the bake sale or
about Vernonia Pride.
Donna Webb
Vernonia
Community responds
ternational Paper tried land leasing in this area in
to help feed people
probably steer clear of this mess.
the past; it was not successful because it is ex­
Stimson - The parcel of ground which they tremely hard to defend corporate lands from out­ To the Editor:
We want to thank everyone
bought last year that is bordered by Rock Creek side intrusion due to the very nature of the land
road, Crooked Creek mainline and Fibre’s main­ and mixed ownership. I suspect that this will be who helped make this year’s
Fall Canned Food Drive suc­
line, will be managed the same as Olympic Re­ the case in the Story burn area.
cessful.
sources Managements land. I am assuming the
The reason corporations want to lease these
Special thanks to Cub Scout
Kauppi and Crooked Creek gates will give ac­ lands is to exclude the general public and reduce
cess to this land. Be cautioned, though, this land the number of hunters and, in doing so, they cre­ Troop 201, who sponsored the
event, and to the Boy Scouts,
is in the process of being sold, and may have ate a negative financial impact upon the counties
been by the time this article is published. The with leased lands. There may be avenues for All Creatures Great and Small
prospective purchaser is W eyerhaeuser and I do economic mitigation of land leasing as hunter 4-H Club, Nehalem Valley
not know what their gate policy will be.
numbers dwindle, such as impaction fees and a Christian Home Schoolers and
many others who helped, plus
There are several other blocks of land, for­ change in the tax structure, since these lands
merly part of Crown Zellerbach, with gating poli­ are not used solely for timber production. The ini­ Tara Roberts and Angie Taylor,
cies that are fairly well established and I have no tiative process would probably be the only av­ who coordinated the door-to-
knowledge of any changes.
enue to success on these aspects because of door drive.
The on-site volunteers who
One subject that I have always hoped would corporate funding of our state representatives.
helped sort donations included
not rear its ugly head is land leasing. The invest­ While corporate timber may be King in regard to
Debby VanSant, Dorothy How­
ment group that owns the Story burn road area money, it no longer has the foothold with voters
ard, Susan Johnson, Janie
iri the W ilson Unit has decided to try leasing their that it once had. Hunting, fishing and wildlife
Wasmann,
Nic Welch, Candy
13,000 acres of land. They were either unsuc­ watching was a $110 billion dollar industry in the
Olson, Alley Minton, Eric and
cessful or decided not to lease it this year, but United States during 2001.
Dylan Taklor, Julie Cameron,
The Chinook salmon run this year was about
this land is off limits to all hunters this year and
D’Lisa and Amanda Watts, Billi
probably into the future. Olympic Resource Man­ average. I noticed many people watching the
Avila,
Sheryl Newbury, Kimber­
agement manages these lands and all com­ salmon in Rock Creek from the downtown
ly Stringfield, Debra Curtis and
ments should be directed to them, attention bridge. This year’s run was constrained due to
Aaron Taylor. Thanks also to
Dave Fitch.
low water flows. I have been told that the runs
the
businesses that accepted
I am opposed to land leasing that involves did not get as far upstream as in years past and
hunting or fishing because I believe it violates probably no tributary spawning occurred. Tribu­ donations through the food bar­
rels scattered around town.
laws regarding the selling of wildlife. This issue tary spawning was thought to never occur with
Most certainly, the food bank
has never, to my knowledge, been adjudicated in Chinook salmon, but due to some good legwork
a court of law. W hile lessees defend their actions
by Maggie Peyton, director of the Upper Ne­ owes a tremendous thanks to
on the basis that they are only leasing the halem Watershed Council, it has been discov­ all the people who contributed
food. Through all these efforts,
ground, in truth they are also leasing access to ered that Chinook do indeed spawn in tributaries
Vernonia Cares Food Bank
wildlife. If ODF&W were to close all hunting on when water conditions permit.
leased grounds there would be no incentive to
I had a good salmon season again this year gained 2,527 pounds and $132
in donations to help feed hun­
lease. A secondary consideration is that the pub­ and topped it off with a 35-pound Chinook on my
gry people in the Vernonia
lic owns property on these private lands, since last trip. Now that was a fight!
area. Wow!!
all wildlife belongs to the State of Oregon. Is it
Good luck hunting, and be safe.
As one might expect, the
not reasonable to give access to public proper­
Izaak
Walton
League
use
of the food bank has in­
ty? I believe in private property rights, but do not
Nehalem
Valley
Chapter
meetings
are
on
creased steadily this year. In
think corporate lands should have the same pro­
the
third
Thursday
of
each
month
at
7:00
the month of October, Cares
tection as a person’s home and yard. Corporate
p.m.
The
public
is
welcome.
served a record high number of
lands are not used for personal dwellings and
clients — 289 people. Thank
recreation; they are used to generate income. In­
you, people of Vernonia, for tru­
ly showing that
Vernonia
Cares!
Sandy Welch
Executive Director
Vernonia Cares
You killed a family
dog, not a coyote
To the Editor:
Coyote? Huh! No, it was a
German police and chow, gold­
en brown and about 70 pounds.
He was playing in his own field
when you took it upon yourself
to kill. Poor thinking.
Who gave you the right to
pull the trigger? You killed him,
you did. Hit him right in the
chest.
Did you have a really good
reason to kill? Probably not.
But you have caused a lot of
sorrow and disbelief because
of this stupidity. So why don’t
you clean your scope and gun
and put a governor on your trig­
ger.
So, please don’t shoot the
coyote unless you have a good
cause.
Dewayne Holland
Vernonia
P.S. There is such a thing as
the Game Commission.
Successful propane
tank roundup
To the Editor:
I would like to thank the res­
idents who participated in the
2002 Propane Tank Round-Up
Events by turning in their out­
dated propane cylinders. Two
propane tank collections took
place Oct. 12-13 in St. Helens
and Clatskanie and Nov. 2-3 in
Clatskanie and Vernonia, with
2,626 outdated propane cylin­
der turned in.
The Propane Tank Round-
Up events dramatically reduced
the
num ber
of
outdated
propane cylinders that were in
Columbia County, which is im­
portant in reducing the number
of potential injuries associated
with those cylinders. In addition
to promoting safety, this event
played an important role in re­
ducing the amount of waste go­
ing to our landfills. Events such
as these are invaluable in pro­
moting proper waste reduction
in our community. It is wonder­
ful residents took advantage of
the opportunity! Thank you,
again, Columbia County resi­
dents!
Tara Hurm, coordinator
Solid Waste Program
Columbia County